Setting the Basic Time Options

The Time tab of the Simulation Settings dialog is used to specify the time options for the simulation:

There are four primary things that you specify from this dialog:

• The time basis and simulation duration;
• The timestep A discrete interval of time used in dynamic simulations. length and how the timesteps are aligned;
• Special reporting periods Regular time points during a simulation (e.g., every month, every year) at which you can compute and view results associated with that period (e.g., monthly averages, annual cumulative values). over which results can be accumulated and/or averaged; and
• When results will be saved.

This dialog also includes a button to Show Scheduled Updates..., which displays all of the model timesteps, and an Advanced button, for specifying a number of advanced time settings.

These items are discussed in detail in the topics below.